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prometheus
/pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/
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What does prometheus mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
- A moon of the planet Saturn.
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/pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/
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It is said that Prometheus fashioned the animals as well as men, giving to each kind of beast its proper nature.
The same formidable lightning proceeds from the torch of Prometheus to Cambronne’s short pipe.
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In order to gather from his toil the most useful fruit, Prometheus notes the time and trouble that each object of his consumption costs him.
Prometheus up in Spaceland was bound for bringing down fire for mortals, but I—poor Flatland Prometheus—lie here in prison for bringing down nothing to my countrymen.
The Greeks traced the origin of the sacred regard for sneezing to the days of Prometheus, who blessed his man of clay when he sneezed.